Galloway

Meanings

1. A formerly Gaelic-speaking geographic region in the southwestern-most corner of Scotland, now part of Dumfries and Galloway council area. Capital: Kirkcudbright.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. An unincorporated community in Lakefield Township, Saginaw County and Lafayette Township, Gratiot County, Michigan.
4. A neighbourhood of Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.
5. A township in Atlantic County, New Jersey.
6. An unincorporated community in Prairie Township, Franklin County, Ohio.
7. An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas.
8. A census-designated place and coal town in Barbour County, West Virginia.
9. An unincorporated community in the town of Franzen, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
10. A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
11. A rural locality in Central Otago district, north-east of Alexandra, Otago, New Zealand.
12. A surname.

1. One of a breed of beef-producing cattle, originating in Galloway, Scotland.

1. A kind of small horse originally bred in Galloway, Scotland.

Etymology

Etymology tree Scottish Gaelic Gall-Ghàidhealaibhbor. English Galloway From Scottish Gaelic (eadar na) Gall-Ghàidhealaibh (literally “(among the) foreign Gaels”), a term used for Gaelic-speaking Norse settlers.